Shloka 22

Devanagari script

एष सर्वान्‌ महीपालान्‌ करदान्‌ समकारयत्‌ | वैश्यानिव महाभागो विवशान्‌ स्ववशानपि,इन महाभाग नरेशने इस देशके सब राजाओंको वैश्योंकी भाँति स्ववश (अपने अधीन) और विवश करके कर देनेवाला बना दिया था। (अर्थात्‌ सब राजा इन्हें कर दिया करते थे।) अत्यन्त उत्तम व्रतका पालन करनेवाले इन महाराजके यहाँ प्रतिदिन अट्टासी हजार महाबुद्धिमान्‌ स्नातकोंकी जीविका चलती थी

Transliteration

arjuna uvāca | eṣa sarvān mahīpālān karadān samakārayat | vaiśyān iva mahābhāgo vivaśān svavaśān api |

Translation

Arjuna said: “This illustrious king compelled all the rulers of the earth to become tributaries. Like vaiśyas, whether they were willing or unwilling, he brought them under his control and made them pay tribute.”

Word by Word

एषःthis (man/king)

सर्वान्all

महीपालान्kings, rulers of the earth

करदान्tribute-paying, tax-paying

समकारयत्made (them) do; caused (them) to become

वैश्यान्Vaiśyas (commoners/merchant class)

इवlike, as

महाभागःthe greatly fortunate/noble one

विवशान्helpless, compelled

स्ववशान्under his own control; subject to him

अपिeven, also

Speaker

अर्जुन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Arjuna

mahābhāga (an illustrious king, unnamed in this verse)

mahīpāla (kings/rulers as a class)

vaiśya (social class as a comparison)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Geographic Context

Sandhi Notes